The socialization of medical insurance in Canada.

In several recent papers models have been developed to explain either why particular goods have been socialized or, more generally, the 'size of government.' In this paper we develop a version of these models to explain the decision in Canada to move to a system of socialized medical insurance to the mid-1960s. Income distribution data is then used to largely confirm that the model appears consistent as an explanation of the federal-provincial structure that has arisen and of the conflicts that have resulted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]